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Scroll Lock Key and MAME Keyboard Emulation
#364049 - 03/03/17 09:17 PM
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Which key replaces the old Scroll Lock function in notebooks that has no Scroll Lock key? It's needed for switching between natural and emulated keyboards in old computers and I can't do that in my new notebook. 
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Re: Scroll Lock Key and MAME Keyboard Emulation
[Re: R.Coltrane]
#364050 - 03/03/17 10:06 PM
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> Which key replaces the old Scroll Lock function in notebooks that has no Scroll Lock
> key? It's needed for switching between natural and emulated keyboards in old
> computers and I can't do that in my new notebook.
You can change the mapping in the TAB -> Input (general) -> Ui Toggle to whatever you want. You can also start MAME with UI Active by starting MAME --> Configure Options --> Advanced Options --> Look for "Input Option" area and there should be "UI Enable". Toggle this ON and it will start emulation as it does with non-keyboard machines.
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Re: Scroll Lock Key and MAME Keyboard Emulation
[Re: Tafoid]
#364051 - 03/04/17 01:30 AM
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From the command line you can use the -uimodekey parameter to specify a key that's to your liking.
I've used "-uimodekey DEL" successfully on notebooks without a SCRLK key.
You could also check if SCRLK can be activated with the Fn modifier key on your notebook keyboard.
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Re: Scroll Lock Key and MAME Keyboard Emulation
[Re: rfka01]
#364053 - 03/04/17 01:58 AM
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> You could also check if SCRLK can be activated with the Fn modifier key on your notebook keyboard.
He probably has the same issue I do. My keyboard does not have a scroll lock at all. Not even with the fn key. left-alt-prtsc worked for a while but no longer works for me for some reason. I probably did something silly. There is supposedly a registry hack for windows to assign it to another key but I never tried that. I use the same method Tafoid points out. HP laptops seem to not have it. Most Lenovo and Dells do have fn modifiers it seems.
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Re: Scroll Lock Key and MAME Keyboard Emulation
[Re: lharms]
#364054 - 03/04/17 02:05 AM
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Since scroll lock was mostly used for old IBM PC keyboards to lock all scrolling techniques, it's not really considered useful anymore & you're going to find it more and more common to have keyboards that don't use this function
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Re: Scroll Lock Key and MAME Keyboard Emulation
[Re: Envisaged0ne]
#364061 - 03/04/17 05:51 AM
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> Since scroll lock was mostly used for old IBM PC keyboards to lock all scrolling
> techniques, it's not really considered useful anymore & you're going to find it more
> and more common to have keyboards that don't use this function
It's still very useful for Excel so I don't think it's going away on "professional" machines. But consumers just browse the web, and hence don't use Excel or other programs for serious work.
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Re: Scroll Lock Key and MAME Keyboard Emulation
[Re: rfka01]
#364110 - 03/07/17 08:27 PM
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> You can change the mapping in the TAB -> Input (general) -> Ui Toggle to whatever you
> want. You can also start MAME with UI Active by starting MAME --> Configure Options
> --> Advanced Options --> Look for "Input Option" area and there should be "UI
> Enable". Toggle this ON and it will start emulation as it does with non-keyboard
> machines.
Thanks Tafoid, problem solved  
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